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On a solution of the migration process and the application to a problem in epidemiology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

S. Raman  and
C. L. Chiang
S. Raman*
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
C. L. Chiang
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
*
*Now at Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa.
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Abstract

In this paper we derive a successive method of solution to a general class of models pertaining to the investigation of the migration process. A specific application of the results to a problem arising in a study of the epidemiology of leprosy has been considered. The application to explorative studies in biological modelling using an interactive computing mode has been discussed.

Keywords

MIGRATION PROCESSTIME-INDEPENDENT INTENSITY MATRIXPROBABILITY GENERATING FUNCTIONSUCCESSIVE SOLUTIONINTERACTIVE COMPUTINGBIOLOGICAL MODELLINGEPIDEMIOLOGY OF LEPROSY
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , December 1973 , pp. 718 - 727
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1973 

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Footnotes

Research sponsored by N. I. H. Biotechnology Resources Grant RR-3.

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